Coal miner's shack and some of his family, Pursglove, West Virginia, Sept 1938

Former coal miner, worked twelve years for Chaplin Coal Company as hand coal loader. He and several others complained to company about conditions not being up to National Recovery Administration standards. All lost jobs. He's
now on WPA (Works Progress Administration) at thirty-eight dollars and
twenty-five cents per month. Scotts Run, West Virginia
, Sept 1938

Children of riverboat family, Charleston, West Virginia, Sept 1938

Family on front porch of houseboat on river in Charleston, West Virginia, Sept 1938

Many families live on riverboats in Charleston, West Virginia, Sept 1938